Submitted by: Eric Guo What kind of world would you like to leave for your descendants? Is it one full of clean air and clean water, or is it one full of polluted air and polluted water? Now, as you ask yourself …
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Submitted by: Lauren Watt Lake Tahoe, a popular vacation getaway, is remembered for the great skiing conditions in winter and the remarkable view of the clear lake during summer. Lake Tahoe, notably the second deepest lake in the United States, has risen …
Read More »Google’s Life Sciences Section Release 20 Mil. Mosquitoes
…But don’t fret! It’s with good in mind: to eliminate a disease-carrying, invasive species of mosquito—the Aedes aegypti. What might seem like a counterintuitive initiative from Verily—formerly named Google Life Sciences—the aim is to kill the population from the inside. Verily has …
Read More »France States to End Sales of Gas and Diesel Cars by 2040
By: Stephanie Zhang France declared on Thursday, July 7, that the country sought to entirely eliminate the sale of gasoline and diesel cars by 2040. The prospect is less ambitious than others’ in countries like Norway and India, but undoubtedly further blazes …
Read More »Cotton
By: Lauren W When you go to a store to buy clothes, you may have been that person to wonder what materials make up that piece of clothing. Is it polyester, wool, or cotton? Well, it turns out that some t-shirts are …
Read More »Palm Oil
Submitted by: Katherine Han What is that one common ingredient that lipsticks, toothpastes, processed bread, candy bars, biodiesel, soap, detergent, and thousands of other products share? The answer is palm oil. The qualities of palm oil are amazing. Because of its relatively …
Read More »Breathing Death
Submitted by: Aimi Wen When we think of pollution, the first thing we imagine is dying animals and endangered species. We envision the poor turtles vainly trying to tug a plastic ring off of his head. We envision the dead miserable birds …
Read More »The Green Singapore
Submitted by: May Leng ^Rooftop garden at Orchard Central, one among many of Singapore’s rooftop gardens With a population density of almost 8,000 people per square kilometer, Singapore is one of the most compact cities in the world, yet the metropolis …
Read More »Impossible Foods
Submitted by Aimi Wen As the human population continues to grow, so does our need for food. We have continually taxed the land more and more in order to meet the growing demand for food. Currently, U.S agriculture already has an ecological …
Read More »Erratic Weather Patterns
Submitted by Aimi Wen I shivered in my flimsy T-shirt and glared up at the gray sky. Just yesterday, anticipating balmy 80 degree days and sweating under my thick sweatshirt, I had packed up all my winter clothes and replaced them with …
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